Seven ways to prepare your business for Black Friday

This year, Black Friday falls on 24 November and will host discounts across many lines including electricals, fashion, and experiences. BBC reported that online sales had risen by 12% last year during the event but it isn’t just the Friday that E-commerce sites focus on now, it is the whole…

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Astrid and Miyu partner with Hero for live video shopping service

Astrid & Miyu has launched a new bespoke shopping service that will aim to make purchasing product on its website a ‘seamless experience’, in time for the busy Christmas period. ‘Hero’ is a brand new live video chat service that creates a hybrid between in-store and shopping online. The service…

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Jacobs the Jewellers announces 70th anniversary celebrations

Jacobs the Jewellers officially revealed its 2018 70th anniversary celebrations, ‘Seventy for Seventy’, at its Christmas Showcase in front of over 200 customers on Wednesday 15 November. The Jacobs’ 2018 program centres around the goal of raising £70,000 for the Royal Berkshire Hospital Charity, specifically the Berkshire Cancer Centre, in…

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Domino retailers opt for a colourful Christmas

Domino Jewellery has reported strong sales for right-hand rings incorporating fashionable coloured stones and creative alloy options. Marketing co-ordinator Chantelle Serrell-Cooke says the brand has seen its retailers become “more adventurous” with the alloy combination selections, choosing a mixture of white and coloured metal. Many are also opting to purchase…

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World’s largest fancy pink diamond fails to sell at Sotheby’s

The largest known intense fancy pink diamond failed to sell at the Sotheby’s auction yesterday (Wednesday 15 November). The Raj Pink is a cushion shaped, 37.3 carat stone mounted on a ring and had an estimated value of $30m (£22.7m). It was expected to fetch between $20-30m (£15-22.7m). Bidding opened…

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Domino strengthens its marketing team

Domino Jewellery has announced the appointment of Danny Wilkinson as a marketing executive with the responsibility for expanding the company’s digital programme including the management of its social media, e-shots and blogs. Wilkinson, who has a degree in Sports PR and Journalism from Staffordshire University, joins Domino from the timber…

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Fake Pandora sites scam shoppers with 70% discount offers

Customers are being warned of a number of fake Pandora websites popping up which are claiming to give up to 70% discounts off the jewellery brand. A ‘Pandora Scam Sites‘ Facebook page has been set up to alert others after shoppers complained that they were being scammed out of hundreds…

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International Jewellery London launches IJL Talks

As part of its #withyou campaign and 365-commitment to the industry, International Jewellery London, has launched a new initiative – IJL Talks – a year-round platform for educational content. Starting with content drawn from speakers at the IJL 2017 Seminar Programme, essential learnings, insight, experience and advice will be available…

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Christie’s sets world record with largest ever D flawless diamond sale

Christie’s auction house set a new world record with the $33,705,994 (£25,541,713) sale of the largest D flawless diamond to ever come to auction. The Magnificent Jewels auction saw the sale of The Art of de Grisogono, Creation 1, an emerald and diamond necklace set with a rectangular cut, D-colour,…

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Online retailers taking more ‘showroom stores’ as internet sales slow

A growing number of formerly ‘pure-play’ online retailers are taking physical stores as the rate of internet sales growth looks set to slow during the next few years. New research from Colliers International shows that by 2021, the rate of growth in e-commerce sales is expected to decline from the…

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